Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1922, Page 2

= e RIVER ROT PROBE | CONDUCTEDBY .S, Inspection Service Investi- | gates 'Au_eged Neglect,of B Macalester Officers. An Favestigation into the culpability of thesalleged neglect of duty of the master and other officers of the steam- | ship Charles Macalester to determine whether or not they endeavored to quell the riot which occurred on! board the night of June 14, when one pissenger was killed and several | others badly cut and bruised. is now heing, carried on by officials of the steamboat inspectien service of the Department of Commerce. Witnesses Quissed. Several witnesses, among them stu- | dents and teachers of the Technical! High School. who were on board the | Macalester at the time of the fight, | ‘Washington detectives and the chief | of police of Alexandria, weve ques- tioned vesterday at the Georgetown customhouse hehind local doors by the United States inspectors of steam vessels, who e headquarters in | Baltimore. acting as a board of in-| spection, according to D. N. Hoover. | deputy supervising inspector generai of steamboat inspection service of the Department of Commerce, in charge | of the local inspectors. il The board. composed of Charles W Wright ynd Michael Stanton. who have charge of inspecting river ships and licensing men. and who have the original jurisdiction of initiating | such an investization. previously had questioned closely t. Henry Tur- ner and his subordinates as to theirt actions the night of the riot at the sessicn of the Investigation held on board the Macalester last week. The findings of the board will not be made public until the investigation | is brought to a close and it is deter- mined by the board whether or not « | trial is sranted by the findings and auch action is rcporied to the office of the inspector general of steamoou. =ervice, according to Mr. Hoover. Al- though, on his own initiative, Mr. Hoover has aided the board by la- cating witnesses of the riot, he is not informed of th tanle ey e investigaters becausa the Anal review of the case will be in his hands. f No Immediate Conclusion. ,‘ It will be some time before any | conclusion will be reached by the| board, Mr. Hoover believes, because ! of the difficulty in deciding the inno- cence or guilt of the officers for the alleged nezlect of duty. If the master of theh Macalester is found to be gullty of neglecting to try to enforce order on his ship. it unquestionably | would result in his license being re- voked. Mr. Hoover said today. He feels. however, that it is most ufilike- | 1y, that any other of theh ship's offi- | cers could be held culpable of any ! neglect unless it was proved that he had disobeyed a specific order from | the captain. H DOUBLE SHOOTNG . FOLLOWS LETTERS ‘Dearest Girl’ Epistles Rouse {. Husband’s Ire—Kills r Wife and Self. Df the Associated Press. Richmond, Va., June 20.—Letters ad- dressed to Mrs. Francis E. Perry, nine- teen, as “Dearest Girl" and signed ur Billy” were belteved— by~ the Dolice today to have been tHe cause of the murder by Perry last rnight of his young wife and the man’'s suicid According to the police, boarders in the house where the Perry's were living overheard the two quarreling over some letters. Perry, they said.; was heard to plead: “Oh, why can’t vou be good”' An aitercation ensued. the police say the borders told them. whén suddenly Perry was heard to say from behind his locked bedroom door: I can't stand this any longer.” This statement, the police say the boarders told them. was followed by the exclamation from Mrs. Perry: “Daddy, daddy. dear, please don't shoot! Please don't shoot!" Then five pistol shots in quick sue- cessign were ieard, the boarders added. - When the nolice, who immediately v ere notified. had broken into the room, they found the man and woman lying the floor. both dying. Perry had | #iot nis wife twice tirough the abdo- 3ien and then had fired three shots through his own body. The man and v oman were rushed to a tocal hospital, Yhere immediate surgical attention 1 = given, but without avail. . | According to the hospital authori- | t.es, Mrs. Perry dled calling for her | j.other, Mrs. Charles B. Ferguson of | Jioanoke, Va. GRAND JURY TAKES UP i : CASE OF WARD’S FATHER | Will Act on Charge of Conspincy; i to Defeat Ends of ! Justice. H P the Associated Press. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. June 29.— | The grand jury whigh indicted ! Walter £ Ward for first degree mur- der of Clarence Peters. former sailor, et today to consider the charge of | conspiracy to defeat the ends of justice vhich District Attorney Weeks has made against George S. \Ward. his father. in an effort to zet him back to this state to appear be- Tore the grand jury. S It became known that Supreme Court Justice Morschauser, who-is in charge of the grand jury, went be- Tore the jurors to read the minutes of the investigation which he has been < nducting into the alleged con- &piracy. 5 DESIGNERS HOPE TO PUT .+ KNICKERS ON MEN EVEN IN BUSINESS OFFICES ' By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, @une 29— *“Conservative jazz” will be the popular motif in men’s clothing for next year, according to an edict of the International Assacia tion of Clothing Designers, in con- vention here. A number of the designers ap- ently are determined that nickerbockers for men shall come into more popular use a0t only on the golf course and M pursuit of other recreation, but in‘the bus- iness office n wearing knickers at the ses- sions of the convention and are making speeches in behalf of the | advantages of _the. abbreviated ' trousers. it 2 understood, will fit rather snugly, } e s e “Conservative jazs” clothe: but will not be considered extreme style. ) mohair tuxedo jacket and white flannel users. The designers, thus at- , will bring their convention te & close mext Saturday night. [y MController of Currency Said to Be- { Alfred M. Ogle, president of the Na- {the understanding that an additional jble by long negotiations between the j8overnment and the parties in contro- l\m to handle the countr: SUJT BORROWED, AVERS VETERAN; STOLEN, SAYS HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW be called determine Judge Hardison will upon tomorrow to whether O. Fred Hay, twenty- eight years old, Augusta, Ky. merely borrowed or stole a suls of clothes belonging to,Herbert Ha- zel, ©is brother-in-law, whe re- | sides at 422 Tth street southeast. 1 Hay, an overseas veteran, who was gassed during the world war, came here two days ago from Au- gusta to seek c¢mployment. He vizited his sister's hume ‘Tuesduy morning and partopk of breakfasi later leaving the house with his brother-in-law's new sult. This morning about 1 o'clock De- tective Thompson met ihe young man as he was about to enter thév Gospel Mission for a night'x lodg- ing. He was wearing the brother- in-law’'s new suit. Hay said he had merely borrowed the suit to wear while his trousers were at a _ | tallor's for repairs. 3 Hazel failed to take any stock -in the explanation. A charge of theft was Todged against the Ken- tucky man and he will be arralgn- ed tomorrow. CRISSINGER OPPOSES ' BRANCH NATIONAL BANKS lieve Additional Offices Permissible. Controller of (he Currency Criss- inger is understood to have virtually decided upon a policy toward the moot quesiion of the rizht of national banks to establish branch: He is said to take the view that “addition- al officer” might be established by national banks under proper circum- stances but that “branches” might not be maintained. Belief was expressed ut the Treas- ? question of competition and the con- | d.twon of the applylug bank b t a “branch” bank eperating with sepe- | rate offices and capital cannot be | operated by a natlonal bank. i e apa s o DELAY IN NATURALIZATION | OF ALIENS IS ASSAILED| Congressional Probe Urged as!of the bridge have not been tonsum- | the e_xa(‘; pm?seol_?]gy of the com-| mated, the imoney having recently promise formula. he task was one 6,000,000 Are Alleged to Be been appropriated for completing the | which did not appear to present many e siting ottt ) plans, the bridge would be une of the difficuities, and the belicf was ex-| 1 waiting Citizenship. most beautiful and classic in the |Dressed generally that a wording ¥ country. Whether there should b ruid be agreed te promptly once both Byl RNed D ean, soine ornamental device in the center (%idex found themselves in accord on| 5 Investigation of the naturalizatioe and Americanization of alien immie srants is pioposed in a resolution in- troduced vesterday Ly Representative Siegel, New York, ranking republie.n | of the House immigration committee. | “It is useless to be asking why there | noi an increase of naturalization | hen Congress neglects Lo provide a\npation. sufticient clerigal force and courts for | ~ Juse how soon the bridse could ,,el :;’f.?fn Ui L M >r]fqell:u'ef; icompleted, however, depended, it “;.-! 1% the reason for his resolution. | 3 5 Ha At the Dresent tim: it takes over five | gy ,',‘,,'"“" urcnithe Ausacialicon i months to receive from the ofiicials i at Ellis Islund ihe eertificate of ar- H rival which each alien must have in|{ order to obtain his final naturalizaiion papers. “The probleni can only be met by a | thorough investigation of the fact and obtaining the opinion throughout the country of those who have made a study of the question. Six million aliens are prepared to become Amer- | ican citizens as soon as Congress makes proper provision.” COAL OPERATORS | TO MEET MINERS AT WHITE HOUSE (Continued from First Page.) tional Coal Association, was asked to notify the association’s subordinate operators’ organizations to name representatives for the meeting, while Mr. Warriner of the gnthracite oper- ators’ committee was Invited to rep- resent anthracite operators, with anthracite ticipate. Discussions with the operators took place in New York recently, Secretary Hocver speaking for the government. Owing to the large number of in- dividuals -and corporations engaged in bituminous production, it was said, the Naticnal Coal Aswoclation had undertaken to nam- a representative group for the conference. District Chiefs Expected. District presidents of the United Mine Workers to whom invitations were extended to participate in the conference are: William -Brennan, Scranton. Pa.: John Brophy. Clearfield, Pa.: Robert cpokesman should par- Gibbons, Pittsburgh, Pa.; d.ee Hall.{ Rumors, largely circulated about clared. — u ] i 4 {hat 1t any Hareiton: Far James Fosto peey: | Washington vesterday that Commis- |\ BE', ¢ ofunding 1a advanced by 3. Ind.; Christ g Golden, Shamokin, Pa.; | jonchasioir would resign found doc- | pyrmentier it will contemplate the Ben Farrimdhd, Seattle; Wash., John Hessler, Terre Haute, Ind.; trank Farrington, -Springfleld, IL; J. H. Morris, Albia, Iowa: George L. Peck, Pittsburg, Kan.; Mike Livoda, Pueblo, Colo.; Francis J. Drum, Cumberland. Md.; C. F, Keeney. Charleston, W. Va.: Ernest G. Wiiliamson, Calgary, ! tberta; S. A. Keller, Knoxville, Tenn.; J. R. Kennamer, Birmingham, | Ala.i John Wilkinson, Muskogee, Okla.; Martin Cahill, Cheyenne, Wy Lonnie Jagkgon, Central City, Frank O'Donnell, Bay City, Arch Helm, Moberly, Mo. Baxter, Nova Scota, Canada; Nathan Smethurst, Billings, Mont.; John K. Sprouse, Beckley, W. Va., and Samuel Pascoe, Ashland, Ky. 2 The namee of the operators’ r?. sentatives to participate will be nounced later. Arrangement of the conference of coal operators and miners with the President was regarded in adminie- tration circles as the completion of & difficult accomplishment made possi versy. 2 Hoover as Mediater. Negotiations with the ‘operators were understood to have been con- ducted by Secretary Hoover, while the President himself and Secretary Davis were said to have been in di- rect touch with the miners in an ef- fort to bring both sides together to arrive at a basis for approaching dis- cussion of a settlement of the striki Operators and miners to attend the conference. it.was emphasized, would represent ~all. the_ coal flelds in the. country’ and not -mer€ly the .central competitive fleld where .the old na- tional agreement was in effect. Inclusion of the anthracite branch of the coal industry im the confer- ence was taken as indicktiig a pos- sibility of some' machinery- being set coal prob- lems on a national basis rather than by individusl branches of the indus try. TWO HEAT PROSTRATIONS. John Vanable. colored, forty-eight ! years old, night engineer at 1d Duthch Market, 623 B street, guffered an_attack of heat prostration while at his' pla¢e of émployment about 3:30 o'clock this morning. He wi taken to Emergency Hospital, where it w aid his condition was not serious. . § Henry Johnson, colpred, forty-one years old, was overcome by the heat yesterday ‘whilt working in a stone quarry near his home on the Virginia side of the river near Chalw bridge. ‘The sick man was taken to Emergen. cy Hospital. Hms condition was. yeri- |. ous. ’~, | 5tood to have been under conidera- inarrower there, iCongress would feel that tho 1 ARLINGTON BRIDGE “ PLANS TAKEN UP Lccation Believed Chief Topic at White House. Meeting of Commission. Plans for the Arlington memorial bridge were discussed at the meeting of the bridge commission today in President Harding's private office. At the meeting were™ President Harding, Vice President fCoolidge, Speaker Gillett of the House, Sena- tor Kernald, chairman ¢f the Senate, committee on bufldings and grounds, and Col. C. O. Sherrill, executive and disbursing officer ofethe commission. The ouly absent member was Rep- resentative Langley, chairman of the House committee on buildings and grounds. Location of the bridge Is under- tion, there having been some differ- ence:of opinion as to the terminus on either side of the river. Two Sites Favored. One school of thought has held that the bridge should start at the Lin- coln Mcmorial and .extend straight across the river to Arlington. Cer- tain enginfers, however, it is known, have favored a site further up the river avhich would leave the District side at New York avenue, extending more diagonally across the river to the cemetery, somewhere near. the Gen. Tausslieb placing wreath PUTTING TACNA-ARICA more utility at the New York avenue | 0 It finall sitc. The Lincoln Memorial terminus, | it was sald, might cause congestion of traffic on special occasions when there were ceremonies in Arlington | cemetery. Proponents of the New York avenue | site also set forth that the river is; and the cost of the bridge would be less. Bridge to De Clanaie. steps were taken today to reduce o writing the compromise plan suggested by the United States for arbitration of the Chilean-Peruvi- an dispute over Tacna-Arica. In Peruvian quarters it was said a decision by the Lima government was expected momentarily, and there ap- peared to he every confidence that the reply would be an acceptance of the American plan. pointed out that while detailed plans ! pedite details by drafting in advznce of the bridge, as has been customary | brinciples. in some memorial bridges, has not! —— been determined. Members of the commissign, how- ever, were enthusiastic in the pro- poscd plan, which had been con- sidered, and declared it would be one of the most majestic bridges in the of tae country and how soo: oneY ruc- i Several years would be required | in the buildinz. could be expended for its . tion. Precise Figufes on French i ! Finances to Be Laid Be- BI_AIR—I]UVER Rflw | fore U. S. Officials. i By the Associated Press. Jean Frenck finanicial mifssion, sail from Havre Saturday to take up the question of war debts to this country, -is expected to be - acvom- BEFORE PRESIDENT House Repub!ica_ns. 'Bra'sk As- | axcistant Chile having -already accepted, the ! Members of the commission have delegates on both sides sought to ex- | V. Parmentier, head of (hel ‘Who will ! The latter, who is a spe- | alist in economic and financial af-| LN THURSDAY: IVISITING FRENCHMEN HONOR AMERICA'S UNKNOWN SOLDIER on the tomh today, i PUTS WREATH ON TOMB. ury tod the controller would Mansi | 1ssue ruling covering thie | La® Mansion, COMPROM'SE IN me'NG French Senator Honors “Unknown question in general, but that appli- | FProponents of the latter plan havy : catlon of national banks for the privi- ‘2:’1‘* ";flr" ;";\!"‘“F;- '»: erected as . . 4 American” at Arlington. lege of opeaming additional offices | eXtensiol New York avenue, cou . o X would be bhandled og the merits l,r;:’;e b}.“il\'lelx'ul‘ xu:l'ti-ie'm c};nuon nnbuve Chile Has Alreddy Accepted and m?;l (;zih‘;a‘:\r?: figtle&?‘;me“? . cacn |S:_|‘v;v__x;:’u:e1r.-usa ST o gu‘;n‘,?nf""‘lhe""l“’{;w'[‘,hf'fi: Decision by Peru Is Expected |iteb, French army. retired, and now bunking S s his office the right » necessary. nts for § % P i o, permit, the eatablishment of ad- |he New Vork wvenue site. also Set |y e Associated Tress e urknown Amenioan moldler a1 of the wlying bank that e OWE, b >, oot - » 2 s enrouing bank: oue e be much Te ngestion of tréffic and | Although Peru had not vet accent- | Lanpied by Col. A. L. Dumont, military attache of the ch embassy here. Gen. Tausslich, who is member of | the milita1y affairs vommittee of the French senate, is here on a visit and will spend three months In touring the country. He is accompanied by his wife. URGE DISMISSAL Five Men Held in Knicker- bocker Tragedy Ask Court to Drop Action. Arguments were commenced today | before Justice Siddons, in Criminal | Division 2, of the demurrers and mo- tions to quash filed by the five men icharged in an indictment for man- slaughter~with responsibility for the collapse of the roof of the Knicker- bocker Theater. January 28 lapt, tak- ling a toll of ninety-seven lives. i Opening arguments were made by ! some of the counsel for the defend- |ants and the hearing was continued until next Wednesday, when United United States Attorney O'Leary will defend the indictments and counsel j for the defense will conclude the r- jgument by replying to the prosecut- E s ‘ilmr has bm‘r; attached to !Lhe French Men Under Indictment. epartment of comm Sevi C 2 sistant Secretary—Want | jeinriment of commerce rormberT8! The accused are Reginald W. Geare, s 2 diplomatic missions sent into Switz-jarchitect; John H. Ford, iron work Commissioner Ousted. HAn0 and eleew here, contractor: Donald Wallace, foreman Parmentier is coming to L Bov o- | America with the object of laving be- The acalled Bir-Dover contro-siog © o) Soucrl e cormilosioni it oo versy In the Tréasury reached President . Harding, it was/#Tench finances, tLe expenditures pro- learned today, republican members of | Jcted in the budgets, and probable | {.urces and amount of national in- the House having personally pregent- come, it is now learned that in all ed to the President the merits of the| .. 'Db'ahllirl h & Py e iey. % -sceive for the consideration of L] f:,"‘"h"“"“, ARdAL s nderstood | government formal proposals, for re- £ome have even gone So far as to urge fupding of the indebtedness of France the resignation of Commissioner of:to the United States. He Internal Revenue Blair. jclothed with power under Representative Sweet. in an {haT he had mlanndi to ses’ President | Sio American, commissioners to pre; T o s origi Earflingdw"h‘n ey, e -‘M, that | government as a basis of the refund- e would suggest that Commissioner | cheme. ]Bl;l\r rulxrtl;u B s . | M French circles here xi; is sTm epresen ve Burton o io, who . t such & propo#al woul not in- saw the President yesterday morning, | craae o rovision for the. immediate | i conccraims the Bair-Doyer ton: | B2 sior W ready. sceared: on A 5%, Ve con= at whic S v g troversy, taking the side of Assistant | fne debt owing to America. In the Sooretary of the Treasury Dover. present state of French finances that Indorse Blair “Suceessor.” I would be quite impossible, it is de- Fas again|cisc. figures relative to the state of | he will be in a position to, may be instruc- | {tions after his arrival in Washing- ! in-1ton and opens his conversations with | umentation in a circular at the Capi- tol indorsing A. D. Sumner of Iowa for the: position. Mr. Blair today was said to stand upon his formal announcement of a few days ago, following his confer- ence with President Harding, at which time he stated emphatically that he did not 'consider resigning and that he would remain on the job. The petition circulated on Capitol Hill yesterday, and for which no per- son woyld assume. responaibility, wa: addressed to the President, and rea: as follows: g Authorship Unclaimed. “Ingsmuch as it has been generally rumored and now verified by the press that Mr. Blair will shortly re- sign his position as commissioner of internal revenue, we hereby indorse Mr. Adelbett D. Summer of Iowa for this position, to be made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Blair. This circular, like another docu- ment which appeared some ‘weeks ago with 'the. name of alleged democrats in key positions at the Treasury, wa: i beginning of interest pavments with- e eriod of pernaps two years from date. provided political developments at The Hague and elsewhere in Eu- rope, tend to assure such a continu- ance of peace as will warrant the re- { duction of military expenditures. {MRS. ANNE COE DIES; | “WIFE OF ARMY OFFICER Was Chairman of Washington Branch of the Army Re- % lief- Society. Mrs. Anne Chamberlaine Coe, wife of Maj. Gen. Frank W. Coe, chief of| coast artillery, United States Army. idled at the Walter Reed Hospital early today after a brief illness, Mrs. Coe was the daughter of Gen. and Mrs. W. W. Chamberlaine of 1803 Wyoming avenue, and a sister of Mrs. for the building contractor; Richard G. Fletcher, in charge of the cement jwork, and Julian R. Downman, an inspector in the office of the District building inspector. The theory of the indictment is that all five raen were engaged in a joint venture of gigan- tic proportions, and knew the object and use for which the building was intended, and each was under obliga- tion to see that the work of the other had been performed progerly. They failed to erect a building which would stand, and also failed in their alleged duty 'to notify the owner and the public that the bullding was unsafe, it is alleged, and thereby became re- sponsible for the collapse and the consequent death of the patrons of the theater. Attorneys C. B. Garnett and John S. Earbour. appeared for Mr. Downman; Attorneys George P. Hoover and Bar> nard & Johnson for Mr. Ford; At- torney W. C. Sullivan for Mr. Wal- lace and Attorneys Ellis & Ferguson for Mr. Fletcher. Former Justice Dan Thew Wright, representing ‘ifir. Geare, was detained in a trial before Jus. tice Hitz and will make his argument next. Wednesda) Lawyer Attacks Indictment. Attacking the indictment on behalf of Inspector Downman, Mr. Garnett declared that to sustain the theory of the indictment the court must hold that each man contributing to the erection of the structure should be at once dn afchitect and responsible for the architect's errors; a fabricator of steel_and responsible for his errors; an engineer acquainted with the fur- nishing and erection of hollow tile, brick, stone and cement anfl respon- | sible for the errors of the contractor } who did this work: a capable builder: a capable pourer of cement; a capable superintendent, a capable jinspector | and responsible for the errors of each of these classes. “Under this theory,” said the law- yer, “conviction could be asked of a fabricator of the steel for the roof on States Attorney Gordon and Assistant | ‘comink from "Mr. -.Seisure of six pint bdttles of whis- today still v‘véthmt ng:‘;owed lul;mIr_i Xo oné& would clslm having started it. | It did receive, however, wide circu-|llam Chamberlaine, lation at the Capitol. present in Honolulu. There was no announcement forth- Dover's office at the Treasury or from any of his friends “downtown,’ ———— PLEADS. SELF-DEFENSE. Woman Who Slew With Enife s Reid of Norfolk and Col. Wil- Hom o general staff, at Norfolk, Va. in 1895, E‘hamherhme, then resided. Their son, First Lieut. Willlam Chamber- laine Coe, graduated from West Point lin June, 1920, and is stationed at iFort Monroe, Va. He has been in Washington during his mother's ill- ness. Mrs. Coe was an active worker In the Army Relief Society, and- was Own Life Threatened. of the Washington branch. s > e ral services will be held at St. MOULTRIE, Ga., June 29.—-‘!".‘"“_.“1'.. Church 2t 11 a.m.) Satur- Sarah Creech, charged with fnurder in! gay ~ Rev. Herbert Scott Smith offi- connection with the killing of Dolly |cifting. Interment will be.at Ar- Walters® in a knife fight with Miss:jington. 3 Walters and her sister Florence, last Monday, said she would plead self-de- fense, when her case was.called for a preliminary hearing before Justice Maire of Moultrie district gourt today. After the ‘fight Florence Walters: told the police she and her sister_had | been informed that Mrs. Creech wa: carrying a knife to use on them. When they went to her about the report the fight resulted. Mrs. Creech de- nied that jealousy had anything to do! with_the fight. s 2 i ARRESTED OX DRY CHARGE. —_— TRIPOLI REBELS BEATEN IN -SANGUINARY BATTLE Italians Lese 17, While Hundreds of Tnsurrectionists Are Killed or Wounded, By the Agsociated Press, a - ROME, June 29.—A large force of Tripolitan * rebels: was _defeated by Italian troops In_a sanguinary battle near Azizian on Wednesday, according to_reports to the Central News. The rebel casualties are given as sev- ky was reported by Policemen Nalls and Bennett -of the fourth precinct as a result of the lfl"lr;! lGlm"a Wil- s liams, cgl:rsfl. !:1- 3 ”: ;.oong:- :;:l hund ktlll;: '::' v]v;:‘du‘mu‘ t as arrested O o governmen e e :'l::ot near home lhuorll lla‘efora native soldlers killed ailu Oue wviwoo. For over a century, up to 1794, 5 o'clock this morning. A charge of | wounded. Large quanti of arms gnd | births were taxed lnArEn‘h-l, _A illegal transportation of ..the. Hquor on-—wars-—aban Red -9y - - ike- had -to- pay “§180 'for -the-birth was preferred rebels. of an eldest son. i agsinst him. \ Gen. and Mrs. Coe were married in | where Miss laccount of a fault committed by the {man who constructed the foundation, | though the fabricator of the steel may {have never seen the foundation nor the man who constructed it. It would 1even be possible to convict the man who painted the interior, for the er- rors of the man who fabricated the or for the faults of the archj- Holds Theory Untemable. Even if this theory as to the men engaged in the construction-could be tenable, the latvyer declared, there could be no joint obligation between them and the public official charged with the inspection, nor could the other defendants whose &uties arise under contract be held to have as- sumed the wbligations of the public inspector or be held criminally re- sponsible for the acts of the public officer. Mr. Garnett asserted that if under any ! circ"mstances it could be held that in | the erection of a large building ihde- pendent contractors and public”inspec- tors were bound.by any such joint ob- ligation as is alleged In this indictment, theti the attempt to build such struc- tures would result in another tower of Babel. Mr. Garnett was still addressing the court”when thls report closed. " He il be followed by Attorney George ). Hoover and Attorney A. H. Ferguson, who are expected to occupy the entire court session today. The hearing will be resumed next Wednesday. He was accompanied to Arlington by Col. Dumont. PLANE VICTIM BURIED WITH FULL WAR HONORS Capt. Hamilton, Who Fell at Get- tysburg on Monday, Laid to Rest at Arlington. Full military honors attended the funeral here today of Capt. George Wallis Hamilton, the Marine Corps aviator who lost his life when his | plane crashed to earth last Monday at | Gettysbu where he had accompa- nicd the marine force from Quantico, Va., for their maneuvers there next week. Acting Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt and Maj. Gen. commandant of the Marine Corps. | jolned with many of the dead avi- ator’s fellow officers and comrades of the war, through which he served with distinction, in attending the fu- neral ceremonies *and interment at Arlington national cemetery. The body of Gunnery Serzt. G. R. artiv, who was killed with Capt. amilton when the plane crashed, i was sent to Buffalo, N. Y., for inter: | ment. ‘ Exceptional bravery and leadership displaved by Capt. Hamilton during the offenses against the Germans were the subjcet of two c.tations by com- imanders in the Amecican expedition- ary force and published to the com- mand as “being well worthy of emu- lation and praise.” The first, dated France, July 5, 1918, i | follows: “Capt. ‘George_ W. Hamilton, 49th Company, 5th Marines: During an attack on the enemy, showed excep- tionally brilliant leadership. He ad- vanced his company a kliometer to jhis final oLjective against an enemy in trenches and equirs.d with ma- chine guns. He an,’ his company passed through sc\@#| zones of ma- it is known that this com- pany lost approximately 90 per cent j0f the officers and non-commissioned officers and 50 per cent of the com- pany in casualtles, Capt. Hamilton's rare quality of leadorship is appar- ent. “During latter stages of the at- tack, after the men had lost their jleaders, he ran up and down lhis line under ‘severe fire, leading his men forward and urging thef on, by cheering and similar efforts. He did this at great personal exposure. Capt. Humilton displayed a quality of ex- traordinary heroism.” The other. dated Germany, Decem- ber 31, 1918, says: “Maj. George' W. Hamilton, 5th Ma- {rines: Was assigned the difficult task of crossing the Meuse river near Pouilly, France, on the night of No- vember 10-11. 1918. “He was placed in command of the {1st and 2d battalions, 5th Marines,2the 2d Battalion. 356th Infantry, and a bridge detail from the 2d Regiment ! ot Engineers. “When the movement started the enemy laid down a terrific counter- barrage. whicn destroyed one bridge and made the crossing of the river most difficult. With an absolute dis- tregard of his own personal Maj. Hamilton undertook the crossing over one narrow foot bridge, and pushed the attack against strongly organized positions on the right bank and ‘esablished a strong bridge- ead. 1918, he pushed his forces forward to a depth of three kilometers over ex- tremely rough ground, a: when the armistice became effectiye at 11 a.m. he had organized an impregnable po- lin::n on the commanding hills to the east.” —_— RANDOLPH R. RAPLEY DIES AT AVENEL, MD. Son of Late W. W. Rapley Ill Less Than Year—Funeral Here Saturday. Randolph R. Rapley, son of the late W. W. Rapley, who was prominently idertified with the business interests of this city, died at his home, Avenel, Md., last night from angina pectoris, after au illness covering less than a yea: Funeral services will be held at the winter home of his bpother, E. E. Rapley, apartment 301, the Wyoming, at 11 o'clock Saturday morning. The services will be conducted at the house by Rev. Herbert Scott Smith of St Margaret's Church. The Inter- ment, which will be private, will be at Oak Hill cemetery. Mr. Rapley was born in this city October 26, 1853. He was the son of | W. W. and C. S. Rapley. He spent his early boyhood here, receiving I his eduoation at the Columbia Pre- i paratory School, from which | graduated and ‘then attended and graduated from the Maryland Agri cultural College. Practically his whole life, with the exception of 2 short period, which he spent as man- ager of the Academy of Music here, has been spent as a farmer on the Avenel estate. Mr, Rapley is survived by his widow, Mrs. Catherine C. Rapley: & daughter. Catherine Stansbury Rapley, and-two brothers, W. H. Rapley, manager of the National Theater here, and E. E. Rapley, manager of the National Publishing Co., here. —_—— SPECIAL JURY TO PROBE MASSACRE AT HERRIN Called for July 10—Digging Starts for Bodies Reported Buried in Mine. | | By the Associated Presa. MARION, Ill, June 29.—A special grand jury on July 10 will begin in- " massacre of last week, Circuit Judg Hartwell announced today. . Excavatiop of the Southern Illinois Coal Company’s strip mine, where the {slain non-union men, were employed, was begun this morning, following rumors that a number of bodies were buried at the mine. The digwing is under direction of Coroner McCown. DEAD | PRINCESS IN POVERTY Lejeune, | safety. | “On the morning of November H.’ he! AFTER TRUDGING FROM D. C. TO PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA, June 2%:—Prin- cess Elizabeth Tschernitcheff, once known to the courts of Europe, and whose husband was the owner of vast estates and copper mines Russia prior to the polshevist re- Bime, is being cared for by the Female Society of Philadelphia for the Rellef and Employment of the Poor. She arrived here_ afoot from Washington, tired, Iimping and with her clothes soaked with rain. She sald last night that she had spent her last money on the road for a sandwich and two Blasses of milk. She ssid her husband had been crucified in her presénce, and that she had come to this country to establish her claim to American citisenship and then take steps to get back her property in Russia. Secretary Davis of the Labor partment fecently ruled that she could rémain in the country. Bhe sald she was born in Loutaville. REBELS HOLD FORT; IRISH WAR SPREADS TO NEW LOCATIONS (Continued from First Page) | defense, in & message to the Free State troops, says: “With all the strength and all the clearness with which we have denied ! and do deny the right of any but| Irishmen to Interfere in our national affairs, do we deny the right of any . Irishman or any section of Irishmen to bring disoréer on our country or injury to any of our countrymen., Real Reason for Fighting. “In Dublin some of you find your- ! selves (oday ranged in fighting against some who have been your comrades. The immediate reason for this is the seizure by them of your assistant chief of staff, Lieut. Gen O'Connell, as reprisal for the arrest of one of their number on charges of seizing motor material, the property of & Dublin trader. “The fundamental reason is that they systematically challenge the rights and liberties in common of | all of the peaplée of Ireland, the se- | curity and maintenance of which hasx been” the aim of your arms since 1913." Eamonn De Valera, in an interview granted today at the headquarters of the, republican party, eulogized the Irish army dissentients who are hold- ing the Four Courts as “the best and bravest in our nation.” “At the last mecting of the d eireann,” he sald, “an agreement ratified which, if faithfully observed, would have given us the opportunity | of working for internal peace and of | | taking steps which would mgke this | nation strong against the only en- | emy it has to fear—the enemy !rom] the outside. De Valera Blames English. } ‘At the bidding of the English, Irishmen are today shooting down on the streets of our capital brother Irishmen, old comrades in arms and companions in the‘recent struggle for Ireland’s independence and Its em- bodiment in a republic. “English propaganda will strive to | lay the blame for this war on 1I‘|!h‘| men, but the world outside must not be deceived. England’s threat of war— that and that alone—is responsible for the present situation. In the face of England's threat some of our country- men yielded. { “Those who are now being attacked lb)’ the forces of the provisional gOvV- ernment are those who refuse to obey the order to yield—preferring to die. They are the best and bravest in our nation, and would most loyally have obeved the will of the Irish people. freely expressed, bui are not willing that Ireland's independence should be abandoned under the lust of an alien government.” “The boys are glorious and will fight for the republic till the end.” sald a statement yesterday by Rory O'Connor, commandant of the insur. gents under attack in the Four Courts He sald the only casualties sustained S0 far by the insurgents were three slightly wounded. OFFICERS DIE OF WOUNDS. Belfast Hears Two Were Shot Dead on Dublin Bridge. By the Associated Press. BELFAST, June 23 —Commandapt |Mandeville and Staff Capt. Vaughan jof the Free State forces, who were | | ! | | ishot, died of their wounds, says a | message today from Dublin. The of- ficers were crossing the Leesoon |Strect bridge when their motor car | was fired upon. Free State troops yesterday carried {out & coup on the main Dublin road beyond Drogheda, capturing three of the principal officers of the Dundalk irregular troops, Commandants P. J. | McKenna, Michael Donnelly and John McGurl. McKenna is chief of the republicans {occupying the Anne street barracks, in Dundalk, and Donnelly was for. merly liaison officer for Down and Louth. The three captives were taken to Drogheda, where considerable tension prevalls, as an attack is expected on the Millmount barracks, which have Deen in the hands of the irregulars for the last two months. INSPECTORS CHECK FFIE HERE Emht'leh‘to Spend Several Months Investigating Every Detail. Eight postal inspectof® have begun a check-up on the Washington c Post office, the first time that such general inspection has been made of the jocal office since 1915. Inspectors have been at work on other large post offices of the country since last winter, but it was gen- erally believed that the Washington city post office, presided over by Post master M. O. Chance, would not includéd in the number. Several months will be taken by the eight inspectors to give the office the “once over." Every detafl of the ministration and routine of the e will be gone into, espectul at téntion_being given to the work f the Tetter carriers. To Check Routes. Prnblhl{ half of the carriers will bs accompanied, at some time during t: work, by Inspeciors, who will ca: fully check up the length of l% routes, time required to cover them and their relation to other routes It is likely that apartment housr residents will call the aitention of inspectors to the manner In which first-class mail is delivered to apari- be i ments, especially to the smaller ones which maintain no central office the first floor. A Present procedure is to cram Jam all letters and other mail i the small letter boxes in the ves: bule of such apartments, without giv ing delivery to each individual apar! ment door.” Individual delivery i ac, corded persons living in houses, how ever humble, it ix pointed out, but no dweller in an apartment gets such delivery, no matter if he pays many times the rent of the emall house holder. Wonld Extend Delivery. The Washington city post office . on record as favoring the extensii of dellvery service to the doors of in dividual ‘upartments, but the Fo: Office Department has not looked w favor upon the plan, owing to cost of securing more carriers. The growth of the apartment hous population in Washington, however has led to the pressing of the pro posal upon the city post office 1. residents, who claim they are dis criminated against in securing their mail. and are not accorded the privileges granted other residents © SHIP SUBS/DY TALK. President Invites Congressmen t White House Dinner. Enactment of ship subsidy legisia- tion, particularly In its bearing on the agricultural intereete of the nation will be discussed tonight at a White House dinner to which President Harding has invited a number members of Congress. The list of thoee invited was not made public_at the White House in advanc of the dinner, but it wae un- derstood that the number included Senator Capper of Kansas, chairmin of the Scnate agricultural bloc, and other members of the Senate Hous: from the agricultural sta —_— VOTES ON ADJOURNMENT. House Asks Senate to Consent to Recess Until August 15. The House today adopted a resoiu- tion requesting the consent of The Senate to an adjournment of the House until Auguet 15. Representa- tive Mondell. the republican leader, in presenting the resolution, announced that the state of adjournment wounld depend upon final enactment of all supply bills, carrying appropriations or the mext fiscal year beginning uly 1. It-is the hope of leaders, however to conclude the work of the sessic: this week, leaving the Sen alone on the job to proceed with conside:.- tion of the tariff. —_——— ASKS DATA ON SHIP RAID Massachusetts Representative Wires New Jersey Dry Director. Representative Gallivan, demoerat Massachuettes, in a telegram to th- prohibition director of New Jerse yeeterday requesped immediate infor- mation as to whether he had ordere he seizure of the Shipping Board eamer President Arthur, on whic a quantity of liquor was found yes- terday by federal agents at Hoboken Mr. Gallivan’s message said: “Have just heard that President Arthur. one of the Shipping Bour. transatlantic liners, was raided yes- terday and an immense amount of liquor seized by your force. Hate you, in accordance with section 26 of the Volstead act, taken possession of the President Arthur? Have you ar- rested the person in charge thereof and do vou intend to proceed against the person arrested in & court of com- petent jurisdiction? Will appreciate a wire Teply.” BIG WATERMELON CROP. 60,102 Carlofids Predicted by De- STOP PASSENGER TRAINS. i None to Enter Dublin During Pres- ent Bitter Fighting. By the Associated Press, June 29.—The provisional government by ordered that no passenger trains mll enter Dublin. Freight traffic will be .unin- terrupted and passengers may leave | the city, but no influx from the coun- try wiil be permitted. This seems to point to apprehension that Rory O'Connor's forces might be supplemented by the arrival of his followers from the provinces, in some parts of which the irregular army has 2 strong support. The same apprehen- sion seems evident in the manifesto issued today by Richard Mulcahy, dall minister of defense, in which he makes an eloquent appeal to the army, explaining why it is asked to fight against its old comrades. Within twenty-four hours the gov- ernment has issued three statements to the people, setting forth the rea- sons for its decision to act against the insurgents. There is no evidence in the press or elsewhere tl these were really necessary, since public sontiment from all _indications is virtually unanimous in support of the government's aotion. A Central News dispatch from Dub- lin_todav reported members of the 11 W. W. In posseesion of some build- ings in the city, including Moran’ Hotel. They are all armed with re- volvers and”’rifles, the message d clared, and have an_electric mi; laid in the center of the rosdway outside” the hotel in Talbot street. A cable is visible running from the mine into the hotel, the cori spondent says, the intention evi- dently being to ambush any Free State force that attempts to renew yester- day’'s attack. SENT TO AIR SQUAD. Lieut. Commander Ceeil ¥, Johnston has been detached from command of vestigating the Herrin strip mine|the naval alr station. Anacostia, and assigned to duty with the air squad- rons of the Atlaptic flee At one time ladies adorned their headdresses with carrot leaves, the light feathery verdure of which, it is mid, “‘caused them to be no con .for the plumage partment of Agriculture. An abundant crop of watermel in the early producing states forecast today by the Department of Agriculture, which placed the total at 60,102 carloads, compared with 51,481 cars last year. There was an increase in acreage planted, the de- partment said, from 117,000 to 168.- 100 acres. Crop forecasts for some of gest producing states were: G gla, 22307 cars; Florida, 12.744: Texas, 8.416: South Carolina, 6,044, and Alabama, 4.896. CLAIMS PROHMBITION BIG FACTOR AGAINST POVERTY IN FAMILIES . By the Associated Press. < NEW YORK, June 29.—Prohibi- tion has been a big factof in cut- ting down poverty in fami ac cording to statistics just issued by the American Association for Or v, 8oclay ork o AR, Tand the Boston Bamil fare Socfety. In ten of the nteen cities listed. however. there were more famili cére during the “dry year® than in the “wet” vear. Mrs. William T. Tilton, chairman of the Boston society, declares that figures in the survey which she conducted, prove that there has been a reductfon of 85 per cent in cases where drink was a factor in the poverty of the families in- cluded. “Such good results under partial enforcement,” she continus significaat of what we may ex- pect when the dry law is properly enforced. - They are not just sta- tistics, but they represent human beings made happler by the ab- sence of intoxicants frog their lives.” New York city, according to the figures, has shown a reduction o €4 per cent, the years tsed being 1917 and 1921. Rochester's reduc- - tion is 81 per cent, Newburgh's 99, St. Louis, 94, Chicago, 86, Boston 91, Pawtucket 100, Atlantic City 82, Newport R. L, 68; Portland, M 95;, Cleveland 24, La Crosse, Wis., 91% Portland, Ore.. 40 per cent in crease; Hartford, Conn., 93; Wash- -ingten, D. €, 76, and Providence, R L, 9. - - the eor- {